All-star team fan vote soars to new heights as over 80,000 take part

Europe’s handball fans have made their decision and the All-star team for the 2015/16 season was released at the VELUX EHF FINAL4 Media Call in Cologne, Germany. The record-breaking number of over 80,000 votes was collected since the launch of the online vote since its launch on 27 April 2016. In 2015 44,000 fans took part, while 27,000 participated in 2014 and 20,000 in the maiden edition of the fan vote in 2013. Not only were 85% more votes received for the All-star team, the vote was also the closest yet as only in two out of ten positions the winner manage to pass the 30 per cent threshold – Rastko Stojkovic (Meskov Brest) as the best line player and Darko Djukic (Besiktas JK) as the best young player (born 1993 and younger).

In the best defender position Luka Karabatic (Paris Saint-Germain Handball) finished second just 207 votes behind Timuzsin Schuch as the MVM Veszprem specialist made it to the All-star team for the third time. Vive …

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